Astronomers map 1.2 million galaxies in colossal 3D image

That's galaxies, not stars. After spending a decade measuring the stars, scientists just released a 3D map spanning 1.2 million galaxies.

Clocking an accelerating universe: first results from BOSS

First spectroscopic results from BOSS give the most detailed look yet at the time when dark energy turned on some six billion light years ago, as the expansion of the universe was slipping from the grasp of matter